Development of tissue culture techniques and hardware to study mineralization under microgravity conditions

To study the effects of weightlessness on mouse fetal long bone rudiment growth and mineralization we have developed a tissue culture system for the Biorack facility of Spacelab. The technique uses standard liquid tissue culture medium, supplemented with Na-β-glycerophosphate, confined in gas permea...

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Veröffentlicht in:Advances in space research 1994-01, Vol.14 (8), p.289-298
Hauptverfasser: van Loon, J.J.W.A., Veldhuijzen, J.P., Windgassen, E.J., Brouwer, T., Wattel, K., van Vilsteren, M., Maas, P.
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Zusammenfassung:To study the effects of weightlessness on mouse fetal long bone rudiment growth and mineralization we have developed a tissue culture system for the Biorack facility of Spacelab. The technique uses standard liquid tissue culture medium, supplemented with Na-β-glycerophosphate, confined in gas permeable polyethylene bags mounted inside ESA Biorack Type I experiment containers. The containers can be flushed with an air/5% CO 2 gas mixture necessary for the physiological bicarbonate buffer used. Small amounts of fluid can be introduced at the beginning (e.g. radioactive labels for incorporation studies) or at the end of the experiment (fixatives). A certain form of mechanical stimulation (continuous compression) can be used to counteract the, possibly, adverse effect of μ-gravity. Using 16 day old metatarsals the in vitro calcification process under μ-gravity conditions can be studied for a 4 day period.
ISSN:0273-1177
1879-1948
DOI:10.1016/0273-1177(94)90413-8